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The World Wide Web Is An Information System

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World Wide Web
The world wide web is an information system on the internet that contains set of hyperlinks connecting users to web pages and websites. The web browsers such as internet explorer, google chrome and many others enable the user to access or transfer the information one way to the other.

ISP
An ISP (Internet Service Provider) is a company that provides internet servers with internet access facility and some other facilities such as virtual hosting. They are responsible for setting up a DNS and providing the users with a dynamic or static IP address.

Domain Name Structure
Every website page is assigned with a unique IP address that links with the internet. It can be for a server, computer, website, mobile etc. IP address …show more content…

It is a proper channel for sending and receiving information and for sharing posts. Every user is provided with unique email address, so no one can ever have any duplicate email address. It uses the TCP/IP protocol.

Task 2
Fact sheet on current methods of information sharing

Explain and discusses methods of information sharing
Web 2.0 is the new name given to the second generation of the web. Before Web 2.0, there was web 1.0 which was the first stage of the World Wide Web. The Web 1.0 was made of web pages that were connected all by hyperlinks. Web 1.0 was a static of websites that didn’t provide many features as Web 2.0 does now, such as edit, delete, write content or collaborate with one and another. No interactives were provided by Web 1.0. However, Web 2.0 is where users have many interactives features which allows the user to do more than just read only; web 2.0 allows users to share information online. Web 2.0 allows the user to read, edit, change and share contents on the web. Before the Web 2.0 existed, the only person who could edit, delete, share the content was the owners and the users could only read the content.

Web 2.0 Advantages
1. More people can collaborate around the world 24/7 thus the better the content will be.

2. Web applications can be accessed from anywhere around the world as long there is internet access and the device/platform support the

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